Exact solution of the relativistic magnetohydrodynamic equations in the background of a plane gravitational wave with combined polarization

A. A. Agathonov, Yu. G. Ignatyev

Published 2011-01-09Version 1

We obtain an exact solution of the self-consistent relativistic magnetohydrodynamic equations for an anisotropic magnetoactive plasma in the background of a plane gravitational wave metric (PGW) with an arbitrary polarization. It is shown that, in the linear approximation in the gravitational wave amplitude, only the $\mathbf{e_+}$ polarization of the PGW interacts with a magnetoactive plasma.